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[Texascavers] Bats tell predators to 'buzz off' — literally

2022-05-10 Thread Lee H. Skinner


Interesting:

https://www.livescience.com/buzzing-bats-deter-predators

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[Texascavers] Bats know the speed of sound from birth, scientists discovery

2021-05-07 Thread Lee H. Skinner

Unlike humans, who map the world in units of distance, bats map the 
world in units of time. What this means is that the bat perceives an 
insect as being at a distance of nine milliseconds, and not one and a 
half meters, as was previously thought.



Read the entire fascinating article:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505102018.htm


Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Bats and COVID

2020-12-19 Thread Mark Minton

Interesting article about the interaction between people and bats, COVID,
white-nose syndrome, rabies, etc.:
.

 

Mark Minton

mmin...@caver.net

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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Amy Jasek

Thank you! I will look that up and pass the info on to her.

She mentioned concern about the bats in a local group chat - something
about how because of diverted traffic / construction some bats have been
hit by cars.  Also she expressed concern because of some nearby businesses
wanting to have live music outside.  Since I know very little about bats
myself, I figured it was worth it to ask y'all.

She mentioned something on a group chat

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 3:13 PM Mark Minton  wrote:

> For anyone who doesn’t know the history here, Merlin Tuttle started Bat
> Conservation International. Eventually they went their separate ways and he
> founded a new organization called Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Similar
> names and both in Austin, but different organizations.
>
>
>
> Mark Minton
>
>
>
> *From:* Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Jules Jenkins
> *Sent:* Monday, August 3, 2020 4:01 PM
> *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Bats
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Crash Kennedy  wrote
>
> I guess I read your inout wrong, sorry.
>
>
>
> You said
>
> ‘Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source.’
>
> Crash
>
>
>
> Jules, I didn't even mention BCI.  I agree with you that they would have
> no interest.  I specifically mentioned Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, a
> different organization from BCI.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 2:09 PM Jules Jenkins  wrote:
>
> You mean the McNeil bridge bats?
> BCI hasn’t paid any attention to them for years. When I did monitoring
> there, it was on my own. BCI wasn’t interested.
> But, as Jim said, BCI is likely your only outlet. Good luck.
>
> On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:
>
> Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source.
>
> Crash
>
> Mobile email from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Amy Jasek  wrote:
> >
> > Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat
> community (in Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family
> about this?
> >
> > Amy
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Mark Minton

For anyone who doesn’t know the history here, Merlin Tuttle started Bat 
Conservation International. Eventually they went their separate ways and he 
founded a new organization called Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Similar 
names and both in Austin, but different organizations.

Mark Minton

From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of 
Jules Jenkins
Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 4:01 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Bats

On Aug 3, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Crash Kennedy  wrote 

I guess I read your inout wrong, sorry. 

You said

‘Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source.’

Crash

Jules, I didn't even mention BCI.  I agree with you that they would have no 
interest.  I specifically mentioned Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, a 
different organization from BCI.  

Jim

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 2:09 PM Jules Jenkins  wrote:

You mean the McNeil bridge bats?
BCI hasn’t paid any attention to them for years. When I did monitoring there, 
it was on my own. BCI wasn’t interested. 
But, as Jim said, BCI is likely your only outlet. Good luck.

On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source. 

Crash

Mobile email from my iPhone

> On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Amy Jasek  wrote:
> 
> Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat community (in 
> Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family about this?
> 
> Amy

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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Jules Jenkins



On Aug 3, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Crash Kennedy  wrote 
I guess I read your inout wrong, sorry. 

You said
‘Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source.’

Crash


Jules, I didn't even mention BCI.  I agree with you that they would have no 
interest.  I specifically mentioned Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, a 
different organization from BCI.  

Jim

> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 2:09 PM Jules Jenkins  wrote:
> You mean the McNeil bridge bats?
> BCI hasn’t paid any attention to them for years. When I did monitoring there, 
> it was on my own. BCI wasn’t interested. 
> But, as Jim said, BCI is likely your only outlet. Good luck.
> 
> On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:
> 
> Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source. 
> 
> Crash
> 
> Mobile email from my iPhone
> 
> > On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Amy Jasek  wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat community 
> > (in Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family about this?
> > 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Crash Kennedy

Jules, I didn't even mention BCI.  I agree with you that they would have no
interest.  I specifically mentioned Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, a
different organization from BCI.

Jim

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 2:09 PM Jules Jenkins  wrote:

> You mean the McNeil bridge bats?
> BCI hasn’t paid any attention to them for years. When I did monitoring
> there, it was on my own. BCI wasn’t interested.
> But, as Jim said, BCI is likely your only outlet. Good luck.
>
> On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:
>
> Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source.
>
> Crash
>
> Mobile email from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Amy Jasek  wrote:
> >
> > Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat
> community (in Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family
> about this?
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Jules Jenkins

You mean the McNeil bridge bats?
BCI hasn’t paid any attention to them for years. When I did monitoring there, 
it was on my own. BCI wasn’t interested. 
But, as Jim said, BCI is likely your only outlet. Good luck.

On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source. 

Crash

Mobile email from my iPhone

> On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Amy Jasek  wrote:
> 
> Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat community (in 
> Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family about this?
> 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Jim Kennedy

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation is your best source. 

Crash

Mobile email from my iPhone

> On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Amy Jasek  wrote:
> 
> Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat community (in 
> Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family about this?
> 
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[Texascavers] Bats

2020-08-03 Thread Amy Jasek

Hi all - a friend of mine has some concerns about our local bat community
(in Round Rock).  Who should I reach out to in my caver family about this?

Amy
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[Texascavers] Bats on the Menu

2020-05-14 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE

Suggest have breakfast before reading this from today's NYT.
Preston in Browder, KY.
Where Bats Are Still on the Menu, if No Longer the Best Seller

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Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Chinese Flu

2020-01-31 Thread Diana Tomchick

It’s a little more complicated than that. Typical wild reservoir for many 
coronaviruses is bats. Genome published in The Lancet of the 2019-nCoV 
indicates highest homology (88%) to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses, 
and 79% identical to the SARSCoV. Bats might be the reservoir, but it’s too 
soon to say the exact route from the wild reservoir to humans. Could be one or 
more mammals (or birds) involved in that route.

See

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30251-8/fulltext

While I love the NY Times science reporting in general, I prefer to go to the 
actual source when it comes to a newly emerging pathogen with all the 
associated hype,

Diana

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Article in NYT  two days ago stating bats are  the root cause. Sorry no link 
available as currently at one of those end of the world locations with limited 
internet, except for this one tree I am under. I thought article was researched 
and written well, so please search if interested.

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[Texascavers] Bats and Chinese Flu

2020-01-31 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE

Article in NYT  two days ago stating bats are  the root cause. Sorry no link 
available as currently at one of those end of the world locations with limited 
internet, except for this one tree I am under. I thought article was researched 
and written well, so please search if interested.
Preston Forsythe, sometimes at home in Browder, KY

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Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-04 Thread Andrew Gluesenkamp

I’ve been trying to collect Astyanax in winter so we don’t bother the bats. 
Very few fish.  It seems like right after they’ve left the cave for the season 
would be the best time for guanophiles and their predators. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Jim.
> 
> Bill 
> 
>> On Aug 3, 2019, at 3:54 PM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:
>> 
>> They are indeed Cave Myotis, not free-tailed bats. They probably moved into 
>> one of the other area caves now that the pups are volant. Roost switching 
>> like that is not at all uncommon. 
>> 
>> Jim 
>> 
>> Mobile email from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near 
>>> Cave Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few 
>>> years friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. 
>>> 
>>> I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought 
>>> there was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a 
>>> maternity cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting 
>>> to see hundreds, if not thousands. 
>>> 
>>> What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek 
>>> Cave? 
>>> 
>>> Bill Steele 
>>> speleoste...@aol.com 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Bill Steele

Thanks, Jim.

Bill 

> On Aug 3, 2019, at 3:54 PM, Jim Kennedy  wrote:
> 
> They are indeed Cave Myotis, not free-tailed bats. They probably moved into 
> one of the other area caves now that the pups are volant. Roost switching 
> like that is not at all uncommon. 
> 
> Jim 
> 
> Mobile email from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:
>> 
>> Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near 
>> Cave Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few 
>> years friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. 
>> 
>> I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought 
>> there was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a 
>> maternity cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting 
>> to see hundreds, if not thousands. 
>> 
>> What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek 
>> Cave? 
>> 
>> Bill Steele 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Jim Kennedy

They are indeed Cave Myotis, not free-tailed bats. They probably moved into one 
of the other area caves now that the pups are volant. Roost switching like that 
is not at all uncommon. 

Jim 

Mobile email from my iPhone

> On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:
> 
> Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near 
> Cave Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few 
> years friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. 
> 
> I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought 
> there was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a 
> maternity cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting to 
> see hundreds, if not thousands. 
> 
> What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek 
> Cave? 
> 
> Bill Steele 
> speleoste...@aol.com 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Bill Steele

Thanks, Bill.

> On Aug 3, 2019, at 3:45 PM, speodes...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Probably would not be freetails but Myotis velifer (cave myotis). We are on 
> the road in Texas and I don't have my lit. here to check. Jim Kennedy might 
> know. 
> 
> William R. (Bill) Elliott
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:
> 
> Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near 
> Cave Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few 
> years friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. 
> 
> I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought 
> there was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a 
> maternity cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting to 
> see hundreds, if not thousands. 
> 
> What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek 
> Cave? 
> 
> Bill Steele 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread speodesmus

Probably would not be freetails but Myotis velifer (cave myotis). We are on the 
road in Texas and I don't have my lit. here to check. Jim Kennedy might know. 

William R. (Bill) Elliott
Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:

Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near Cave 
Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few years 
friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. 

I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought there 
was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a maternity 
cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting to see 
hundreds, if not thousands. 

What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek 
Cave? 

Bill Steele 
speleoste...@aol.com 
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[Texascavers] Bats in Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co.

2019-08-03 Thread Bill Steele

Two weeks ago I took a trip to Spring Creek Cave, Kendall Co., Texas, near Cave 
Without a Name. I’ve been there many times before. Over the past few years 
friends and I have pushed and mapped all of its tributaries. 

I had never before taken a trip to the cave in the summer when I thought there 
was a sizable population of Mexican free-tail bats utilizing it as a maternity 
cave. We were surprised that only five bats were seen, expecting to see 
hundreds, if not thousands. 

What can someone tell me about what’s known about the bats of Spring Creek 
Cave? 

Bill Steele 
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats

2019-05-02 Thread David

Back in the mid-1980s, Texas A&M Unviversity in College Station had an
enormous bat specimen collection in the basement of the library.

The A.S.S. used to tour it once a year.

The curator ( Mr. Baumgartner ) also would let me show it to people after I
left A&M.

There were lots of metal file cabinets with about 10,000 bats.I wonder
if this might have had something to do with the book about "The Bats of
Texas," ( the one by Schmidly ), or maybe a smokescreen to cover up secret
gov't test to use bats as attack-drones.

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[Texascavers] Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation and diet

2019-05-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner

Bats make up one of the largest groups of mammals, with more than 1,300 
species worldwide. Up close, bat species look quite different from one 
another. Some have large ears. Others sport elaborate noses or long 
jaws. With so much morphological variety, bats represent an opportunity 
to learn what types of evolutionary forces shape the shapes of animals.



Skulls from multiple different bat families, showing a variety of shapes.
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See the following article for more details:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190502075839.htm


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[Texascavers] bats use sunsets to migrate

2019-04-19 Thread Lee H. Skinner


Interesting bat science:


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientist-used-chalk-box-show-bats-use-sunsets-migrate


Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2018-09-02 Thread Lyndon Tiu

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/the-bat-seekers-of-nova-scotia

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[Texascavers] Bats and Fireflies

2018-08-24 Thread Lee H. Skinner


Why bats avoid fireflies:


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fireflies-lightning-bugs-flashes-predators?tgt=nr


Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Bats

2018-04-16 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE

Opinion | Fighting to Save America’s Bats

  
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Here is an Opinion piece by Michael Ray Taylor on Bats and WNS in the South. 
From today's NYT.
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[Texascavers] Bats and Tequila

2017-09-06 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE via Texascavers

Rejoice, Tequila Drinkers! Now You Can Be Socially Responsible

  
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats can fly horizontally at 100mph

2016-11-10 Thread Gregg Williams via Texascavers

If a Trump can be a president a bird can be whatever it wants to be...

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Katherine Arens via Texascavers <
texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:

> and "dive" ≠ horizontal   ;-)  (just us humanists being literal . . . )
> -katie arens  ar...@austin.utexas.edu
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> On Nov 10, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Gregg Williams via Texascavers <
> texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
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> John, I don't think you can call them the fastest moving mammal since the
> Peregrine falcon dives at around 200 mph. I guess you could argue that the
> falcon isn't really propelling itself at 200 mph and just really good at
> falling fast.
>
> Gregg
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> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Jon Cradit via Texascavers <
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>> At that speed wouldn’t they also be the fastest moving mammal too.
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>> Scientists studying the flight of Brazilian free-tailed bats have clocked
>> the creatures zipping along at 160 km/h (100 mph), making them the fastest
>> horizontal flyers in the entire animal kingdom.
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats can fly horizontally at 100mph

2016-11-10 Thread Katherine Arens via Texascavers

and "dive" ≠ horizontal   ;-)  (just us humanists being literal . . . )
-katie arens  arens@austin.utexas<mailto:arens@austin.utexas>.edu
On Nov 10, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Gregg Williams via Texascavers 
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John, I don't think you can call them the fastest moving mammal since the 
Peregrine falcon dives at around 200 mph. I guess you could argue that the 
falcon isn't really propelling itself at 200 mph and just really good at 
falling fast.

Gregg

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Scientists studying the flight of Brazilian free-tailed bats have clocked the 
creatures zipping along at 160 km/h (100 mph), making them the fastest 
horizontal flyers in the entire animal kingdom.




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Re: [Texascavers] Bats can fly horizontally at 100mph

2016-11-10 Thread Allan Cobb via Texascavers


One could also argue that a peregrine falcon is not a mammal, too. ;)

Allan Cobb
On 11/10/2016 12:56 PM, Gregg Williams via Texascavers wrote:
John, I don't think you can call them the fastest moving mammal since 
the Peregrine falcon dives at around 200 mph. I guess you could argue 
that the falcon isn't really propelling itself at 200 mph and just 
really good at falling fast.


Gregg

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At that speed wouldn’t they also be the fastest moving mammal too.

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Scientists studying the flight of Brazilian free-tailed bats have
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats can fly horizontally at 100mph

2016-11-10 Thread Gregg Williams via Texascavers

John, I don't think you can call them the fastest moving mammal since the
Peregrine falcon dives at around 200 mph. I guess you could argue that the
falcon isn't really propelling itself at 200 mph and just really good at
falling fast.

Gregg

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Re: [Texascavers] Bats can fly horizontally at 100mph

2016-11-10 Thread Jon Cradit via Texascavers

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[Texascavers] Bats can fly horizontally at 100mph

2016-11-10 Thread Lee H. Skinner via Texascavers

Scientists studying the flight of Brazilian free-tailed bats have 
clocked the creatures zipping along at 160 km/h (100 mph), making them 
the fastest horizontal flyers in the entire animal kingdom.



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Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Wind Turbine Research at TCU

2016-06-30 Thread Bill Stephens via Texascavers

Manufactured using coal power in China, shipped to the US on diesel powered 
ships, transported by diesel rail and diesel trucks to location, kill bats and 
bald eagles (over 4500 per year), subsidized by tax payers. Not so Green it 
would seem.Bill StephensPetroleum Geologist (all natural O&G)

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 Subject: [Texascavers] Bats and Wind Turbine Research at TCU

This story was featured on a radio news spot on local NPR affiliate KERA and on 
the statewide NPR program Texas Standard.
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article86833592.html

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[Texascavers] Bats and Wind Turbine Research at TCU

2016-06-30 Thread R D Milhollin via Texascavers

This story was featured on a radio news spot on local NPR affiliate KERA and on 
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[Texascavers] "Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel"

2015-10-15 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers

I am currently listening to Krys Boyd, the host of “Think" on KERA radio, the
public radio station here in Dallas. She’s in Austin, interviewing Zachary
Thomas Dodson, the author of "Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel”.
Dodson is a book designer as well as author, and will speak about his novel at
the AustinTexas Book Festival this weekend. The novel weaves together the
topics of bats, Texas, time travel, and more. I have not read it, but it sounds
interesting. Here’s a link to the podcast that you an listen to at your leisure.

http://www.kera.org/2015/10/15/a-dystopian-texas/

Here’s a link to Dodson’s web site:

http://www.zachdodson.com

Another link to his Twitter feed, which includes tweets featuring drawings of a
#BatADay in October.

https://twitter.com/batdadson

And a link to an article by Dodson on the Powell’s Bookstore web site, entitled
"10 Books That Will Change Your Mind about Bats”.

http://www.powells.com/blog/lists/10-books-that-will-change-your-mind-about-bats-by-zachary-thomas-dodson/?utm_source=powellsbooks.news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pbnews_20151015&utm_content=Bats

Some of these books are familiar to me, while others are not.

Happy listening and reading,

Diana

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[Texascavers] Bats and wind turbines

2015-05-07 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers




New USGS item that may be of interest:

New USGS Intellectual Property — USGS is seeking an industry partner 
interested in helping to test a new method of potentially reducing bat 
fatalities at wind turbines.


REDUCING BAT FATALITIES AT WIND TURBINES WITH DIM SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING
http://www.usgs.gov/tech-transfer/patents/61091257.pdf


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[Texascavers] Bats are surprisingly fast decision makers

2015-03-18 Thread Lee H. Skinner via Texascavers


News about bats:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150318130737.htm

Lee Skinner
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Re: [Texascavers] bats strike back

2014-12-30 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers

Boy, those German scientists are really stretching. But there must  
have been more to it than in the press release, or the journal would  
never have accepted the paper (one hopes). To blame that species of  
insect-eating bats just because some were living near an index case,  
when nobody, including the authors, has succeeded in finding any trace  
of the ebola virus in that species in the wild (Fruit bats are  
another matter.) -- Mixon


Research is known to the state of California to cause cancer in  
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[Texascavers] bats strike back

2014-12-30 Thread Louise Power via Texascavers

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hollow-tree-was-ebolas-ground-zero-scientists/ar-BBhlS79
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Re: [Texascavers] Bats, Trees and Turbines

2014-10-01 Thread Jim Kennedy via Texascavers

Yes Stef. Really. 

Crash

Mobile email from my iPhone

> On Oct 1, 2014, at 3:21 AM, Stefan Creaser via Texascavers 
>  wrote:
> 
> "Hundreds and thousands"? Really?
> 
> -Stefan
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[Texascavers] bats illuminated by lightning

2014-09-07 Thread Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers

Pretty cool video footage: http://youtu.be/M3R708CNPxg?t=56s

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[Texascavers] bats in the news

2013-09-08 Thread Mixon Bill


Link to MERS Virus Underscores Bats' Puzzling Threat
Science, 341:948-949, 30 August 2013. Uncorrected OCR. You didn't hear  
it from me. (The piggy AAAS wants $20 to rent access to this little  
news report for a whole day.)


Last week's announcement that a fatal new
virus disease in the Middle East may have
originated in bats has focused new atten-
tion on an enduring enigma: What is it
about bats? A frightening litany of recently
arrived human diseases—including Nipah
virus, Hendra virus, severe acute respira-
tory syndrome (SARS), and now Middle
East respiratory syndrome (MERS)—came
from bats. Is there something special about
these mammals that turns them into flying
repositories of pathogens?

"That's the million dollar question," says
Jonathan Ep stein, a veterinary epidemiolo-
gist at the EcoHealth Alliance in New York
City who collected samples from bats in
Saudi Arabia for last week's paper in Emerg-
ing Infectious Diseases. Interest in the topic
is huge, says veterinary pathologist Gudrun
Wibbelt of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and
Wildlife Research in Berlin. "It's come to the
point where you just have to add those three
words 'Are bats special?' to a paper and it will
get published," she jokes.

Some scientists do think bats are excep-
tional; they have invoked everything from
hibernation and echolocation to peculiari-
ties of bats' immune systems to explain why
the Chiroptera, as their order is known, could
pose a greater threat than others. But other
researchers don't see the need for explana-
tions beyond bats' numbers and lifestyle.

The latest finding didn't come as a big sur-
prise. Scientists already suspected that the
MERS coronavirus came from bats, as they
had found several closely related viruses in
other bat species. In the new paper, a team
led by Columbia University virologist lan
Lipkin reports finding an RNA fragment in the
feces of an Egyptian tomb bat that matched
the MERS virus exactly. They
didn't find the virus itself, and
the snippet was only 182 nucle-
otides long—but it made the
species a prime suspect as the
MERS reservoir (http://scim.
ag/MERSbats).

It's only the latest example
in a growing list. Bats have been
known to carry the rabies virus
for 60 years, but in the past
2 decades, many new diseases were traced
back to them as well. Hendra virus, which
first popped up in Australian horses and peo-
ple who worked with them in 1994, was later
found to originate in fruit bats; it has since
caused numerous outbreaks and killed at least
four humans. A surveillance program to track
it led to the discovery of another deadly patho-
gen, the Australian bat lyssavirus.

In 1998, yet another newcomer, Nipah
virus, jumped from bats to pigs in Malaysia,
and on to humans, killing more than 100 peo-
ple. The most likely predecessor to SARS,
which killed 775 people in 2002 and 2003,
was identified in horseshoe bats in China.
Investigations have also pointed to bats as the
natural reservoir for the Ebola and Marburg
viruses and for a whole list of more obscure
agents, with names like Kasokero, Duven-
hage, and Menangle.

The viruses come from many differ-
ent families. SARS and MERS are corona-
viruses; rabies, Duvenhage, and bat lys-
savirus belong to the rhabdovirus family;
whereas Nipah and Hendra are Paramyxo-
viruses. But they do have a few things in
common: They are usually RNA viruses that
replicate outside the cell's nucleus, and they
seem to have high fatality rates in humans.
The routes of infection vary. Bites can trans-
mit rabies, but more often viruses spread
when bat droppings infect an intermediate
host that lives closer to humans.

The frequent spillovers could be largely a
numbers game, Epstein says. With more than
1300 species—roughly one-fifth of all mam-
malian species—it's "not surprising" that
bats cause a sizable share of the newly emerg-
ing diseases as well, he says.

New numbers suggest that statistics can't
be the full explanation, however. Earlier this
year, Angela Luis, a biologist at Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, published an
analysis comparing bats with another huge
mammalian group, the rodents. Both har-
bor nasty viruses, are evolu-
tionarily old, display a wide
range of body sizes, and have
some hibernating species. Sift-
ing through the literature, Luis
and her colleagues identified
68 viruses in rodents that can
also cause disease in humans,
versus only 61 in bats. But
there are twice as many rodent
species, so relatively speaking,
bats appear to be a more frequent source of
emerging infections.

Even if bats unleash more zoonoses than
other animals, that doesn't mean there is any-
thing special about their physiology, Epstein
says. Bats occur on every continent except
Antarctica, and some species migrate over
hundreds of miles; species also intermingle,
for instance while roosting in caves. As a
result, they may be exposed to more viruses
than other mammals. Some species formdense populations of thousands or  
millions of

individua

[Texascavers] Bats in Hollywood movies

2013-06-14 Thread David Locklear

The new animated movie, "Epic," has a few bat scenes.

This was probably one of the few movies worth watching this year, so far.

Unfortunately, bats were members of the evil side of the forest, and actually 
enemies to the flower.

And they did get in the scientist hair who was trying to prove that they didn't 
get in your hair.

This was more of a Dr. Seuss style forest, with an Avatar like war going on 
between the green and colorful forces of the forest growth battling the grey 
and black forces of forest decay.   

The 3D was ok, but we saw it in one of the fancy 4k theaters.

The plot is aimed at 11 year old kids.

David Locklear

[Texascavers] Bats in Hollywood movies

2013-06-14 Thread David Locklear

The new animated movie, "Epic," has a few bat scenes.

This was probably one of the few movies worth watching this year, so far.

Unfortunately, bats were members of the evil side of the forest, and actually 
enemies to the flower.

And they did get in the scientist hair who was trying to prove that they didn't 
get in your hair.

This was more of a Dr. Seuss style forest, with an Avatar like war going on 
between the green and colorful forces of the forest growth battling the grey 
and black forces of forest decay.   

The 3D was ok, but we saw it in one of the fancy 4k theaters.

The plot is aimed at 11 year old kids.

David Locklear

[Texascavers] Bats in Hollywood movies

2013-06-14 Thread David Locklear

The new animated movie, "Epic," has a few bat scenes.

This was probably one of the few movies worth watching this year, so far.

Unfortunately, bats were members of the evil side of the forest, and actually 
enemies to the flower.

And they did get in the scientist hair who was trying to prove that they didn't 
get in your hair.

This was more of a Dr. Seuss style forest, with an Avatar like war going on 
between the green and colorful forces of the forest growth battling the grey 
and black forces of forest decay.   

The 3D was ok, but we saw it in one of the fancy 4k theaters.

The plot is aimed at 11 year old kids.

David Locklear

[Texascavers] Bats video introduces lineup for Austin City Limits music fest

2013-05-15 Thread Logan McNatt

This creative video is clever and fun to watch, in my opinion, although some folks may not like it.  If the link doesn't work, just Google ACL 
Fest 2013.

Logan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0popthrpa8w

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[Texascavers] Bats video introduces lineup for Austin City Limits music fest

2013-05-15 Thread Logan McNatt

This creative video is clever and fun to watch, in my opinion, although some folks may not like it.  If the link doesn't work, just Google ACL 
Fest 2013.

Logan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0popthrpa8w

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[Texascavers] Bats video introduces lineup for Austin City Limits music fest

2013-05-15 Thread Logan McNatt

This creative video is clever and fun to watch, in my opinion, although some folks may not like it.  If the link doesn't work, just Google ACL 
Fest 2013.

Logan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0popthrpa8w

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[Texascavers] bats and mines

2013-02-13 Thread Jim Kennedy

This is somewhat related to caves, as bats are often reliant on abandoned mines 
where caves are not abundant.  Science North just released a new video in 
multiple formats, 23mb to 472mb, English and French, free for copying and 
distribution.  Disclaimer:  I have a small part in the video.  Please help 
spread the word to anyone you might think will benefit from this.  Thanks!

http://vimeo.com/motionarcstudios/review/55887106/116b8f5305

[Texascavers] bats and mines

2013-02-13 Thread Jim Kennedy

This is somewhat related to caves, as bats are often reliant on abandoned mines 
where caves are not abundant.  Science North just released a new video in 
multiple formats, 23mb to 472mb, English and French, free for copying and 
distribution.  Disclaimer:  I have a small part in the video.  Please help 
spread the word to anyone you might think will benefit from this.  Thanks!

http://vimeo.com/motionarcstudios/review/55887106/116b8f5305

[Texascavers] bats and mines

2013-02-13 Thread Jim Kennedy

This is somewhat related to caves, as bats are often reliant on abandoned mines 
where caves are not abundant.  Science North just released a new video in 
multiple formats, 23mb to 472mb, English and French, free for copying and 
distribution.  Disclaimer:  I have a small part in the video.  Please help 
spread the word to anyone you might think will benefit from this.  Thanks!

http://vimeo.com/motionarcstudios/review/55887106/116b8f5305

[Texascavers] Bats in a Documentary

2013-02-01 Thread R D Milhollin

Nothing really new here, I just happened to see a documentary the other day 
that had some amazing photography of bats, including Texas bats. The show was 
on KERA, the DFW PBS affiliate and is the second installment of Attenborough's 
BBC Documentary "The Life of Mammals" dealing with "Insectivores". I believe 
the series was produced between 2002 and 2003 and was aired in the US as part 
of the PBS "Nature" series. If you appreciate bats and haven't seen this film I 
would recommend looking for it; Good stuff!

[Texascavers] Bats in a Documentary

2013-02-01 Thread R D Milhollin

Nothing really new here, I just happened to see a documentary the other day 
that had some amazing photography of bats, including Texas bats. The show was 
on KERA, the DFW PBS affiliate and is the second installment of Attenborough's 
BBC Documentary "The Life of Mammals" dealing with "Insectivores". I believe 
the series was produced between 2002 and 2003 and was aired in the US as part 
of the PBS "Nature" series. If you appreciate bats and haven't seen this film I 
would recommend looking for it; Good stuff!

[Texascavers] Bats in a Documentary

2013-02-01 Thread R D Milhollin

Nothing really new here, I just happened to see a documentary the other day 
that had some amazing photography of bats, including Texas bats. The show was 
on KERA, the DFW PBS affiliate and is the second installment of Attenborough's 
BBC Documentary "The Life of Mammals" dealing with "Insectivores". I believe 
the series was produced between 2002 and 2003 and was aired in the US as part 
of the PBS "Nature" series. If you appreciate bats and haven't seen this film I 
would recommend looking for it; Good stuff!

[Texascavers] Bats and Bears address correction

2012-10-27 Thread Louise Power


This is the address I meant to send:
http://www.bearstudy.org/website/research/daily-updates/1791-bears-and-bats-update-october-26-2012-.html

[Texascavers] Bats and Bears address correction

2012-10-27 Thread Louise Power


This is the address I meant to send:
http://www.bearstudy.org/website/research/daily-updates/1791-bears-and-bats-update-october-26-2012-.html

[Texascavers] Bats and Bears address correction

2012-10-27 Thread Louise Power


This is the address I meant to send:
http://www.bearstudy.org/website/research/daily-updates/1791-bears-and-bats-update-october-26-2012-.html

[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2012-10-03 Thread Lee H. Skinner


Some interesting science news about bats:

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bat-carnivorous-plant-bathroom-110125.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49265916/ns/technology_and_science-science/

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bats-fast-muscles-110929.html

Lee

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[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2012-10-03 Thread Lee H. Skinner


Some interesting science news about bats:

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bat-carnivorous-plant-bathroom-110125.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49265916/ns/technology_and_science-science/

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bats-fast-muscles-110929.html

Lee

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[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2012-10-03 Thread Lee H. Skinner


Some interesting science news about bats:

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bat-carnivorous-plant-bathroom-110125.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49265916/ns/technology_and_science-science/

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bats-fast-muscles-110929.html

Lee

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Re: [Texascavers] Bats in North Dallas: NBC News Local Affiliate

2012-09-18 Thread germanyj


 Stories like this have been all over the local Houston news most of the summer.

Finally our furry flying friends are getting the proper attention they need - 
even if it's solely to help humans!

 

 

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Subject: [Texascavers] Bats in North Dallas: NBC News Local Affiliate



Short story that made the nbcnews.com feed tonight, written by local reporter 
Kevin Cokely. I find it hard to believe this is the first reference in the 
mainstream media to the positive effects of urban bat populations from the 
center of the West Nile Virus (North American) Universe. This should be a 
wakeup call for more bat houses and bat-friendly infrastructure.




http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49013703/ns/local_news-dallas_fort_worth_tx/#.UFFpK0KyxGM

Re: [Texascavers] Bats in North Dallas: NBC News Local Affiliate

2012-09-18 Thread germanyj


 Stories like this have been all over the local Houston news most of the summer.

Finally our furry flying friends are getting the proper attention they need - 
even if it's solely to help humans!

 

 

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Cc: RD Milhollin 
Sent: Thu, Sep 13, 2012 12:26 am
Subject: [Texascavers] Bats in North Dallas: NBC News Local Affiliate



Short story that made the nbcnews.com feed tonight, written by local reporter 
Kevin Cokely. I find it hard to believe this is the first reference in the 
mainstream media to the positive effects of urban bat populations from the 
center of the West Nile Virus (North American) Universe. This should be a 
wakeup call for more bat houses and bat-friendly infrastructure.




http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49013703/ns/local_news-dallas_fort_worth_tx/#.UFFpK0KyxGM

Re: [Texascavers] Bats in North Dallas: NBC News Local Affiliate

2012-09-18 Thread germanyj


 Stories like this have been all over the local Houston news most of the summer.

Finally our furry flying friends are getting the proper attention they need - 
even if it's solely to help humans!

 

 

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Cc: RD Milhollin 
Sent: Thu, Sep 13, 2012 12:26 am
Subject: [Texascavers] Bats in North Dallas: NBC News Local Affiliate



Short story that made the nbcnews.com feed tonight, written by local reporter 
Kevin Cokely. I find it hard to believe this is the first reference in the 
mainstream media to the positive effects of urban bat populations from the 
center of the West Nile Virus (North American) Universe. This should be a 
wakeup call for more bat houses and bat-friendly infrastructure.




http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49013703/ns/local_news-dallas_fort_worth_tx/#.UFFpK0KyxGM

[Texascavers] Bats and smartphones: will 'bat walks' make us love them?

2012-08-11 Thread germanyj

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18769019

[Texascavers] Bats and smartphones: will 'bat walks' make us love them?

2012-08-11 Thread germanyj

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18769019

[Texascavers] Bats and smartphones: will 'bat walks' make us love them?

2012-08-11 Thread germanyj

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18769019

[Texascavers] Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses : Nature Communications : Nature Publishing Group

2012-04-25 Thread David Ochel

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n4/full/ncomms1796.html

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[Texascavers] Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses : Nature Communications : Nature Publishing Group

2012-04-25 Thread David Ochel

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n4/full/ncomms1796.html

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[Texascavers] Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses : Nature Communications : Nature Publishing Group

2012-04-25 Thread David Ochel

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n4/full/ncomms1796.html

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[Texascavers] Bats Rebound in Northeast

2012-04-20 Thread Mark Minton

Some good news about bats making a comeback in the northeast 
where WNS first 
hit: 



Mark

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[Texascavers] Bats Rebound in Northeast

2012-04-20 Thread Mark Minton

Some good news about bats making a comeback in the northeast 
where WNS first 
hit: 



Mark

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[Texascavers] Bats Rebound in Northeast

2012-04-20 Thread Mark Minton

Some good news about bats making a comeback in the northeast 
where WNS first 
hit: 



Mark

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[Texascavers] Bats in a roof

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Minton

Forward from another list.  Roofers find massive bat colony 
in a 
roof: 



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[Texascavers] Bats in a roof

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Minton

Forward from another list.  Roofers find massive bat colony 
in a 
roof: 



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[Texascavers] Bats in a roof

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Minton

Forward from another list.  Roofers find massive bat colony 
in a 
roof: 



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Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Don Arburn

I hit one in my Jeep near Concan, it hit my roll bar and landed on the seat 
next to me.

Sent cellularly.
-Don

On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Gill Edigar  wrote:

> I can recall hitting only one bat with a car in my life. I've hit dozens of 
> birds--including a buzzard. 
> --Ediger
> 
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Andy Gluesenkamp 
>  wrote:
> A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
>  
> http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
>  
> 
> 
> Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
> 700 Billie Brooks Drive
> Driftwood, Texas 78619
> (512) 799-1095
> a...@gluesenkamp.com
>

Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Don Arburn

I hit one in my Jeep near Concan, it hit my roll bar and landed on the seat 
next to me.

Sent cellularly.
-Don

On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Gill Edigar  wrote:

> I can recall hitting only one bat with a car in my life. I've hit dozens of 
> birds--including a buzzard. 
> --Ediger
> 
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Andy Gluesenkamp 
>  wrote:
> A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
>  
> http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
>  
> 
> 
> Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
> 700 Billie Brooks Drive
> Driftwood, Texas 78619
> (512) 799-1095
> a...@gluesenkamp.com
>

Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Don Arburn

I hit one in my Jeep near Concan, it hit my roll bar and landed on the seat 
next to me.

Sent cellularly.
-Don

On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Gill Edigar  wrote:

> I can recall hitting only one bat with a car in my life. I've hit dozens of 
> birds--including a buzzard. 
> --Ediger
> 
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Andy Gluesenkamp 
>  wrote:
> A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
>  
> http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
>  
> 
> 
> Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
> 700 Billie Brooks Drive
> Driftwood, Texas 78619
> (512) 799-1095
> a...@gluesenkamp.com
>

Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Gill Edigar

I can recall hitting only one bat with a car in my life. I've hit dozens of
birds--including a buzzard.
--Ediger

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Andy Gluesenkamp <
andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
>
> http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
>
>
>
> Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
> 700 Billie Brooks Drive
> Driftwood, Texas 78619
> (512) 799-1095
> a...@gluesenkamp.com
>

Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Gill Edigar

I can recall hitting only one bat with a car in my life. I've hit dozens of
birds--including a buzzard.
--Ediger

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Andy Gluesenkamp <
andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
>
> http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
>
>
>
> Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
> 700 Billie Brooks Drive
> Driftwood, Texas 78619
> (512) 799-1095
> a...@gluesenkamp.com
>

Re: [Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Gill Edigar

I can recall hitting only one bat with a car in my life. I've hit dozens of
birds--including a buzzard.
--Ediger

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Andy Gluesenkamp <
andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
>
> http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
>
>
>
> Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
> 700 Billie Brooks Drive
> Driftwood, Texas 78619
> (512) 799-1095
> a...@gluesenkamp.com
>

[Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp

A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
 
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
 


Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
700 Billie Brooks Drive
Driftwood, Texas 78619
(512) 799-1095
a...@gluesenkamp.com

[Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp

A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
 
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
 


Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
700 Billie Brooks Drive
Driftwood, Texas 78619
(512) 799-1095
a...@gluesenkamp.com

[Texascavers] Bats and Roads

2011-11-04 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp

A recent study looked at impact of roads on bats:
 
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/200206500032.html
 


Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
700 Billie Brooks Drive
Driftwood, Texas 78619
(512) 799-1095
a...@gluesenkamp.com

[Texascavers] Bats have superfast vocal muscles

2011-10-25 Thread Mark Minton

Bats have exceptionally fast vocal muscles that control 
echolocation in the final moments before they capture prey as shown 
in a recent study in the journal 
Science:  .


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[Texascavers] Bats have superfast vocal muscles

2011-10-25 Thread Mark Minton

Bats have exceptionally fast vocal muscles that control 
echolocation in the final moments before they capture prey as shown 
in a recent study in the journal 
Science:  .


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[Texascavers] Bats have superfast vocal muscles

2011-10-25 Thread Mark Minton

Bats have exceptionally fast vocal muscles that control 
echolocation in the final moments before they capture prey as shown 
in a recent study in the journal 
Science:  .


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[Texascavers] Bats have accents

2011-09-02 Thread Mark Minton

New research from Australia shows that bats from different 
regions have accents, just as people 
do: 
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[Texascavers] Bats have accents

2011-09-02 Thread Mark Minton

New research from Australia shows that bats from different 
regions have accents, just as people 
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[Texascavers] Bats have accents

2011-09-02 Thread Mark Minton

New research from Australia shows that bats from different 
regions have accents, just as people 
do: 
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[Texascavers] Bats on a Plane

2011-08-10 Thread Mark Minton

Amusing story about a bat on an 
airplane: 
 
There are links at the bottom to other stories about animals on 
planes wreaking havoc.


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[Texascavers] Bats on a Plane

2011-08-10 Thread Mark Minton

Amusing story about a bat on an 
airplane: 
 
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planes wreaking havoc.


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[Texascavers] Bats on a Plane

2011-08-10 Thread Mark Minton

Amusing story about a bat on an 
airplane: 
 
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planes wreaking havoc.


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[Texascavers] Bats

2011-07-15 Thread Lee H. Skinner


The will be a segment about bats on CBS Sunday Morning, July 17.

Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Bats

2011-07-15 Thread Lee H. Skinner


The will be a segment about bats on CBS Sunday Morning, July 17.

Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Bats

2011-07-15 Thread Lee H. Skinner


The will be a segment about bats on CBS Sunday Morning, July 17.

Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2011-07-15 Thread Mark Minton

The group Defenders of Wildlife has a couple of bat-related 
programs.  One is an effort with BCI to make bat guano harvesting 
more 
bat-friendly: 
. 
The other is a campaign to reduce bat deaths along a highway in 
Campeche, 
Mexico: 
. 
I especially like the bat warning sign.  :-)


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[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2011-07-15 Thread Mark Minton

The group Defenders of Wildlife has a couple of bat-related 
programs.  One is an effort with BCI to make bat guano harvesting 
more 
bat-friendly: 
. 
The other is a campaign to reduce bat deaths along a highway in 
Campeche, 
Mexico: 
. 
I especially like the bat warning sign.  :-)


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[Texascavers] Bats in the News

2011-07-15 Thread Mark Minton

The group Defenders of Wildlife has a couple of bat-related 
programs.  One is an effort with BCI to make bat guano harvesting 
more 
bat-friendly: 
. 
The other is a campaign to reduce bat deaths along a highway in 
Campeche, 
Mexico: 
. 
I especially like the bat warning sign.  :-)


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[Texascavers] Bats in a wall...

2011-06-02 Thread John P Brooks

How unusual. Bats were found in an old building:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localdallas/20110602/ts_yblog_localdallas/thousands-of-bats-invade-walls-of-historic-cleburne-building?bouchon=623,tx

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